start eating
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Then, when those larvae are born into screwworm flies, they start eating, and what they are eating is what they have right there: the flesh of the animal that its mother laid the larvae into.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"You don't have to worry that they're going to start eating your flesh," Murillo said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
At some point, she had called a hunger strike, but that day her father urged her to start eating again and she agreed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Once we see, smell and start eating food, it takes 20-30 minutes for leptin to become active.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
As the door closes behind her, Grandpa and I look at each other and then start eating with gusto.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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